Much of the beginning of this work, marked très modéré, is in 9/8 time. The only percussion and brass instruments in this work are two crotales and four horns. After the first melody drops from C-sharp to G natural then back to C-sharp again, there is a full bar of silence, after which the oboes and clarinets pick up the lead. This piece begins with a flute in its low register playing a melody based on a (*) chromatic scale. Vaslav Nijinsky put a masturbation scene into a ballet he choreographed to this piece. At the end of this work, the title character, drunk on wine, goes to sleep. Based on
Much of the beginning of this work, marked très modéré, is in 9/8 time. The only percussion and brass instruments in this work are two crotales and four horns. After the first melody drops from C-sharp to G natural then back to C-sharp again, there is a full bar of silence, after which the oboes and clarinets pick up the lead. This piece begins with a flute in its low register playing a melody based on a (*) chromatic scale. Vaslav Nijinsky put a masturbation scene into a ballet he choreographed to this piece. At the end of this work, the title character, drunk on wine, goes to sleep. Based on a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé, for 10 points, name this piece in which the title mythological creature cavorts with some nymphs, a work of Claude Debussy.
Much of the beginning of this work, marked très modéré, is in 9/8 time.
{Prelude} to the {Afternoon} of a {Faun} [or {Prélude} à {l'après}-{midi d’un faune}]